pile

1 of 6

noun (1)

ˈpī(-ə)l

: a long slender column usually of timber, steel, or reinforced concrete driven into the ground to carry a vertical load

: a wedge-shaped heraldic charge usually placed vertically with the broad end up

: a target-shooting arrowhead without cutting edges

[Latin pilum] : an ancient Roman foot soldier's heavy javelin

pile

2 of 6

verb (1)

piled; piling

transitive verb

: to drive piles into

pile

3 of 6

verb (2)

piled; piling

transitive verb

: to lay or place in a pile : stack

: to heap in abundance : load

piled potatoes on his plate

: to collect little by little into a mass

—usually used with up

intransitive verb

: to form a pile or accumulation

—usually used with up

: to move or press forward in or as if in a mass : crowd

piled into a car

pile

4 of 6

noun (2)

a(1)

: a quantity of things heaped together

(2)

: a heap of wood for burning a corpse or a sacrifice

: any great number or quantity : lot

: a large building or group of buildings

: a great amount of money : fortune

: reactor sense 3b

pile

5 of 6

noun (3)

: a coat or surface of usually short close fine furry hairs

: a velvety surface produced by an extra set of filling yarns that form raised loops which are cut and sheared

pileless

ˈpī(-ə)l-ləs How to pronounce pile (audio)

adjective

pile

6 of 6

noun (4)

: a single hemorrhoid

piles plural : hemorrhoids

Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

Middle English, dart, quill, pole driven into the ground, from Old English pīl, from Latin pilum javelin

Verb (2)

Middle English, from pile entry 4

Noun (2)

Middle English pier of a bridge, stack, heap, from Middle French pille pier of a bridge, from Latin pila pillar

Noun (3)

Middle English, in plural piles "hair, plumage," borrowed from Anglo-French peil, pil "hair, coat of animal hair, cloth with thick nap" (continental Old French peil, poil "hair"), going back to Latin pilus "hair," of obscure origin

Note: Anglo-French pil for peil, apparently yielding long i in Middle English, is exceptional. The Oxford English Dictionary, third edition, proposes that the word is "partly" borrowed directly from Latin. Middle English Dictionary suggests borrowing from Middle Dutch pijl.

Noun (4)

Middle English pilez, plural, from Medieval Latin pili, perhaps from Latin pila ball

First Known Use

Noun (1)

12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb (1)

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Verb (2)

14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

Noun (2)

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)

Noun (3)

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Noun (4)

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

pile 1 of 4

noun

ˈpīl

: a large stake or pointed post (as of wood or steel) driven into the ground to support a foundation

pile

2 of 4

noun

: a large number of things that are put one on top of another

a pile of stones

: a great amount

I have piles of work.

: reactor

pile

3 of 4

verb

piled; piling

: to lay or place one on top of another : stack

pile firewood

: to heap in large amounts

They piled a table with food.

: to move or push forward in a crowd or group

We piled into the car.

pile

4 of 4

noun

: a soft surface of fine short raised threads or fibers

The rug has a thick pile.

pile 1 of 3

noun (1)

as in stack

a quantity of things thrown or stacked on one another a large pile of newspapers that needed to be disposed of

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

stack
heap
mound
mountain
hill
hoard
layer
cock
collection
accumulation
jumble
bed
bank
assemblage
array
embankment
drift
pyramid
grouping
aggregate
rick
mow
barrow
gathering
pyre
bar
pileup
cairn
conglomeration
knot
huddle

as in loads

a considerable amount a job that paid piles of money

Synonyms & Similar Words

loads
ton
plenty
dozen
stack
chunk
slew
hundred
bunch
deal
raft
heap
lot
quantity
wealth
bundle
truckload
much
abundance
basketful
bucket
gobs
mountain
fistful
boatload
reams
myriad
sheaf
scads
yard
volume
plateful
pot
mess
wad
oodles
pack
carload
mass
peck
profusion
shipload
bushel
potful
good deal
barrel
passel
multiplicity
store
spate
plenitude
plentitude
thousands
lashings
sight
surplus
quite a bit
lashins
all kinds (of)
score
flood
excess
plague
overabundance
rash
plethora
multitude
sea
deluge
surfeit
million
bonanza
superabundance
horde
embarrassment
overflow
bevy
epidemic
swarm
superfluity
crush
overkill
flock
cram
army
oversupply
redundancy
crowd
press
throng
overmuch
overage
legion
host
trillion
herd
zillion
drove
gazillion
mob
kazillion
jillion

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

handful
scrap
bit
grain
spot
sprinkling
strain
speck
shred
fragment
sprinkle
taste
mouthful
pittance
suspicion
shade
touch
shadow
hint
peanuts
pinch
ounce
trace
lick
particle
ace
mite
glimmer
piece
streak
ray
molecule
dab
atom
mote
crumb
nip
smattering
drop
tad
granule
section
dot
modicum
portion
whit
little
dram
scruple
smidgeon
jot
smidgen
iota
dash
tittle
fleck
smidgin
scintilla
smidge
morsel
driblet
shot
shortage
lack
flyspeck
absence
paucity
smatter
nubbin
poverty
scarcity
want
deficit
deficiency
dearth
famine
inadequacy
insufficiency
meagerness
undersupply
scarceness
scantness
scantiness
skimpiness

as in bundle

a very large amount of money she made a pile in the stock market just before it headed south

Synonyms & Similar Words

bundle
fortune
wad
heap
bomb
mint
big bucks
packet
earth
megabucks
boodle
cash
pot
chips
king's ransom
mine
assets
gold
treasure trove
property
bonanza
riches
wealth
capital
means
dough
currency
legal tender
tender
lucre
pelf
bread
wampum
wherewithal
jack

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

pittance
peanuts
mite
song
petty cash
pocket money
pin money
spending money

pile

2 of 3

noun (2)

as in fur

a soft airy substance or covering the lush pile of the carpeting

Synonyms & Similar Words

fur
lint
fluff
nap
batting
fuzz
down
floss

as in wool

the hairy covering of a mammal especially when fine, soft, and thick a dog with such a dense pile that he never minded the cold

Synonyms & Similar Words

wool
coat
hair
fleece
jacket
fur
pelt
leather
skin
hide
pelage
undercoat
underfur

pile

3 of 3

verb

as in to stack

to lay or throw on top of one another piled all the clothes on the chair before putting them away

Synonyms & Similar Words

stack
heap
mound
layer
collect
assemble
accumulate
bank
gather
mass
pyramid
group
lump
bunch
clump
garner
concentrate
amass

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

unpile

as in to huddle

to gather into a closely packed group the kids piled into the car

Synonyms & Similar Words

huddle
crowd
bunch
cluster
assemble
press
swarm
flock
conglomerate
herd
collect
throng
converge
hug
surround
concentrate
congregate
mob
forgather
concenter
encircle
convene
foregather
embrace

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

disperse
break up
split (up)
disband

单词	pile
释义	pile 1 of 6 noun (1) ˈpī(-ə)l 1 : a long slender column usually of timber, steel, or reinforced concrete driven into the ground to carry a vertical load 2 : a wedge-shaped heraldic charge usually placed vertically with the broad end up 3 a : a target-shooting arrowhead without cutting edges b [Latin pilum] : an ancient Roman foot soldier's heavy javelin pile 2 of 6 verb (1) piled; piling transitive verb : to drive piles into pile 3 of 6 verb (2) piled; piling transitive verb 1 : to lay or place in a pile : stack 2 a : to heap in abundance : load piled potatoes on his plate b : to collect little by little into a mass —usually used with up intransitive verb 1 : to form a pile or accumulation —usually used with up 2 : to move or press forward in or as if in a mass : crowd piled into a car pile 4 of 6 noun (2) 1 a(1) : a quantity of things heaped together (2) : a heap of wood for burning a corpse or a sacrifice b : any great number or quantity : lot 2 : a large building or group of buildings 3 : a great amount of money : fortune 4 : reactor sense 3b pile 5 of 6 noun (3) 1 : a coat or surface of usually short close fine furry hairs 2 : a velvety surface produced by an extra set of filling yarns that form raised loops which are cut and sheared pileless ˈpī(-ə)l-ləs adjective pile 6 of 6 noun (4) 1 : a single hemorrhoid 2 piles plural : hemorrhoids Synonyms Verb (2) heap mound stack Noun (2) cock heap hill mound mountain stack Noun (3) down floss fluff fur fuzz lint nap See all Synonyms & Antonyms Word History Etymology Noun (1) Middle English, dart, quill, pole driven into the ground, from Old English pīl, from Latin pilum javelin Verb (2) Middle English, from pile entry 4 Noun (2) Middle English pier of a bridge, stack, heap, from Middle French pille pier of a bridge, from Latin pila pillar Noun (3) Middle English, in plural piles "hair, plumage," borrowed from Anglo-French peil, pil "hair, coat of animal hair, cloth with thick nap" (continental Old French peil, poil "hair"), going back to Latin pilus "hair," of obscure origin Note: Anglo-French pil for peil, apparently yielding long i in Middle English, is exceptional. The Oxford English Dictionary, third edition, proposes that the word is "partly" borrowed directly from Latin. Middle English Dictionary suggests borrowing from Middle Dutch pijl. Noun (4) Middle English pilez, plural, from Medieval Latin pili, perhaps from Latin pila ball First Known Use Noun (1) 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Verb (1) 15th century, in the meaning defined above Verb (2) 14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1 Noun (2) 15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1) Noun (3) 15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Noun (4) 15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Phrases Containing pile at the top of the pile atomic pile at the bottom of the pile pile drive compost pile pile on dog pile pile out pile (something) on pile driver pile in See More at the top of the pile atomic pile at the bottom of the pile pile drive compost pile pile on dog pile pile out pile (something) on pile driver pile in See More Kids Definition pile 1 of 4 noun ˈpīl : a large stake or pointed post (as of wood or steel) driven into the ground to support a foundation pile 2 of 4 noun 1 : a large number of things that are put one on top of another a pile of stones 2 : a great amount I have piles of work. 3 : reactor pile 3 of 4 verb piled; piling 1 : to lay or place one on top of another : stack pile firewood 2 : to heap in large amounts They piled a table with food. 3 : to move or push forward in a crowd or group We piled into the car. pile 4 of 4 noun : a soft surface of fine short raised threads or fibers The rug has a thick pile. Medical Definition pile noun ˈpī(ə)l 1 : a single hemorrhoid 2 piles plural : hemorrhoids also : the condition of one affected with hemorrhoids pile 1 of 3 noun (1) 1 as in stack a quantity of things thrown or stacked on one another a large pile of newspapers that needed to be disposed of Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance stack heap mound mountain hill hoard layer cock collection accumulation jumble bed bank assemblage array embankment drift pyramid grouping aggregate rick mow barrow gathering pyre bar pileup cairn conglomeration knot huddle 2 as in loads a considerable amount a job that paid piles of money Synonyms & Similar Words loads ton plenty dozen stack chunk slew hundred bunch deal raft heap lot quantity wealth bundle truckload much abundance basketful bucket gobs mountain fistful boatload reams myriad sheaf scads yard volume plateful pot mess wad oodles pack carload mass peck profusion shipload bushel potful good deal barrel passel multiplicity store spate plenitude plentitude thousands lashings sight surplus quite a bit lashins all kinds (of) score flood excess plague overabundance rash plethora multitude sea deluge surfeit million bonanza superabundance horde embarrassment overflow bevy epidemic swarm superfluity crush overkill flock cram army oversupply redundancy crowd press throng overmuch overage legion host trillion herd zillion drove gazillion mob kazillion jillion Antonyms & Near Antonyms handful scrap bit grain spot sprinkling strain speck shred fragment sprinkle taste mouthful pittance suspicion shade touch shadow hint peanuts pinch ounce trace lick particle ace mite glimmer piece streak ray molecule dab atom mote crumb nip smattering drop tad granule section dot modicum portion whit little dram scruple smidgeon jot smidgen iota dash tittle fleck smidgin scintilla smidge morsel driblet shot shortage lack flyspeck absence paucity smatter nubbin poverty scarcity want deficit deficiency dearth famine inadequacy insufficiency meagerness undersupply scarceness scantness scantiness skimpiness See More 3 as in bundle a very large amount of money she made a pile in the stock market just before it headed south Synonyms & Similar Words bundle fortune wad heap bomb mint big bucks packet earth megabucks boodle cash pot chips king's ransom mine assets gold treasure trove property bonanza riches wealth capital means dough currency legal tender tender lucre pelf bread wampum wherewithal jack Antonyms & Near Antonyms pittance peanuts mite song petty cash pocket money pin money spending money See More pile 2 of 3 noun (2) 1 as in fur a soft airy substance or covering the lush pile of the carpeting Synonyms & Similar Words fur lint fluff nap batting fuzz down floss 2 as in wool the hairy covering of a mammal especially when fine, soft, and thick a dog with such a dense pile that he never minded the cold Synonyms & Similar Words wool coat hair fleece jacket fur pelt leather skin hide pelage undercoat underfur pile 3 of 3 verb 1 as in to stack to lay or throw on top of one another piled all the clothes on the chair before putting them away Synonyms & Similar Words stack heap mound layer collect assemble accumulate bank gather mass pyramid group lump bunch clump garner concentrate amass Antonyms & Near Antonyms unpile 2 as in to huddle to gather into a closely packed group the kids piled into the car Synonyms & Similar Words huddle crowd bunch cluster assemble press swarm flock conglomerate herd collect throng converge hug surround concentrate congregate mob forgather concenter encircle convene foregather embrace Antonyms & Near Antonyms disperse break up split (up) disband Phrases Containing pile pile (up) pile (up)
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